Sunday, April 3, 2011

"hey joe, what do you know?

Artificial_life
I woke up this morning feeling a lot like Data, a little like Joe; maybe just as cynical as Bender.  What is the world coming to when the only characters I can sympathize with are the ones that aren't human?

Fun Fact:  Look up the search traffic for AI and you'll find that the mispelling "t ai" has more montly hits.  Whenever the machines do begin to reason, it won't be hard to see through our shit.

I think it has to do with their search for the meaning of humanity - that which makes us more than the sum of our parts - that draws people into the plight of the soulless.  Maybe it's because, though I can only speak for myslef, we've forgotten ourselves what it means.

As the world becomes saturated with tech and our lives are more and more indistinguishable without it, it seems like a valid concern.  

Ah, the things that keep me up at night... 

Maybe someone should write a movie about it.

OH, AND:

Trying word problems for a change.  What do you think?

Like the facebook page while you're at it!

 

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